Former employee caught stealing pleads guilty
A labourer who stole from his place of work has not only lost his job but has added a new conviction to his name. Romell Ezekial Ash, of Block 1E Infill, Haynesville, St James has also been placed on a...
View Article‘Disgusted’ by Kennedy Drive trashing, Minister vows prosecution
“ Criminal” and “ridiculous”, were just some of the words used by Minister of Environment and National Beautification Trevor Prescod today as he could hardly contain his disgust at an unsightly garbage...
View ArticleUnkind cut
Two trade unions in Barbados are questioning yesterday’s decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to substantially slash the compensation of a former senior Chefette employee who won his case...
View ArticlePork aplenty – Williams
Pig farmers are counting thousands in losses as their businesses receive a significant hit from the closure of hotels and restaurants due to the COVID-19 pandemic. President of the Barbados Association...
View ArticleMPs to distribute $1.5 million in vouchers from charity
The charity linked to the nation’s most exclusive hotel, Sandy Lane, is to distribute through MPs $1.5 million dollars in grocery vouchers over the next six weeks to help struggling families cope with...
View ArticleCommerce Minister angered as firms flout reopening limits
Businesses which continue to operate without authorization from Government will be dealt with harshly. That assurance has come from Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce Dwight...
View Article#BTEditorial – A reminder Mr Marshall, you’re the people’s servant
A study undertaken by noted democracy advocacy group, Freedom House, previously indicated that the world had its highest rate of fully free democracies of 46.1 per cent in 2008. By 2018, this had...
View ArticleHealth protocols to influence hotel design
A local construction magnate is forecasting that technology will have to play a greater role in structural designs that promote the health and safety of people resulting from the COVID-19 experience....
View ArticleDLP’s ‘taxi drive’ in pandemic recovery
Government should incorporate taxis into the public transport system, the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) spokesperson on Small Business Ryan Walters has suggested. He said he believes that the current...
View ArticleHomeless folk get masks
The City’s homeless have been issued with masks, as the Barbados Alliance to End Homelessness (BAEH) moves to protect them from COVID-19. President Kemar Saffrey told Barbados TODAY the move to...
View ArticleContained but not killed – UWI scientist on COVID-19
The COVID-19 coronavirus has been contained in the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti, a leading UWI researcher declared today. But the researcher, Professor Clive Landis, pro-vice-chancellor...
View ArticleBuyer beware: Online price check ‘coming’
Consumers will soon be able to go online and compare prices at supermarkets and minimarts before they set out to shop, Minister of Commerce Dwight Sutherland has revealed. The price registry, to be...
View ArticleFuture earnings no longer to be accounted in compensation – Blackman
The Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) is today acknowledging that yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling in the unfair dismissal case of a former Chefette senior employee, will influence a...
View ArticleMirchandanis fight on
Unresolved issues between Government and the Ram Mirchandani family including a dispute over remaining stock at the old Liquidation Centre, could further inflame the contentious state of affairs...
View ArticleCOVID-19 protocols for domestic industry workers
Persons working in the domestic industry are required to follow specific safety and health protocols while on the job to prevent risks associated with COVID-19. Government has drawn up a framework of...
View ArticleChange to parishes in DEO outreach
A change has been made to the parishes being targeted during an outreach to elderly citizens, 70 years and over, which is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 11. Those parishes that will now be targeted...
View ArticleUK providing £5 million to help Caribbean address COVID-19 impact
The government of the United Kingdom has announced that it is providing five million pounds in new support to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Caribbean. It disclosed that this support...
View ArticleTime for further discussion on marine preservation
Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kerrie Symmonds, believes that the time has come for Barbados and the region to discuss marine environmental preservation with its international cruise...
View ArticleSandy Lane Trust providing $1.5M in grocery vouchers
The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust (SLCT) will be providing $1.5 million in grocery vouchers, over the next six weeks, to help some families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This disclosure came...
View ArticleCommerce Minister satisfied with retailers
Government is satisfied that retailers have maintained produce and goods at pre-COVID-19 price levels. This was expressed yesterday by Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce, Dwight...
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